This is probably an idiotic idea, but I started wondering if you could ski behind a sunfish. I am guessing that a light weight person can ski on two skis going 15 knots. I think that that once the person is out of the water and has less resistance the boat would be able to pull them on a day with about 20 knot winds. But do y'all think the sunfish could pull a small light weight person out of the water with 20 knots? Or how much or little do you think it would take.
You could also somehow have the person sit on the dock with the ski's in the water and have the sunfish come from the side and gain speed and pull the person off the dock so there is less resistance. (Kind of similar to a barefoot skiing start). Although this is way is probably dangerousness and will put to much stress on the boat and skier with a sudden jerk.
I would think that skiing behind a larger sailboat would work better because the resistance per sail area ratio formula would be smaller and therefore the skier dragging behind a larger sailboat would have less of an effect (I made up that formula.) This is just a theoretical question.
You could also somehow have the person sit on the dock with the ski's in the water and have the sunfish come from the side and gain speed and pull the person off the dock so there is less resistance. (Kind of similar to a barefoot skiing start). Although this is way is probably dangerousness and will put to much stress on the boat and skier with a sudden jerk.
I would think that skiing behind a larger sailboat would work better because the resistance per sail area ratio formula would be smaller and therefore the skier dragging behind a larger sailboat would have less of an effect (I made up that formula.) This is just a theoretical question.